Assessment of Physicians' Willingness to Work with Patients Not Yet Diagnosed with COVID-19 in a Romanian Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risk to physicians who worked with patients without confirmed COVID-19 testing during the pandemic has been little studied. However, they were at high risk.

Methods

In the summer of 2020, 1285 Romanian physicians participated in a single-center study. Participants (mean age = 48.21 years; 302 males and 982 females, all specialties) completed a series of single-item measures adapted from previous studies on work ethics and responsibility. This study used Mann-Whitney comparisons between physicians who reported that they knowingly had direct contact with COVID patients and those who did not regarding their willingness to work.

Results

Compared with their colleagues, physicians who reported not knowingly having direct contact with COVID patients reported l

SUBMITTER: Rotaru TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10815129 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature